Infrastructure
Coronavirus
De Blasio is worried about NYC’s supply chain, should you be?
Some experts say sick drivers could cause shortages, but others say the system could adapt.
Infrastructure
Cuomo proposes adding 8 new tracks to Penn station
Here’s what you need to know about the proposal.
Infrastructure
Which infrastructure upgrades will get a green light this year?
Three ways that lawmakers, business interests, local governments and unions want to work with the governor to jump-start infrastructure projects across the state.
Infrastructure
Democrats failed to pass prevailing wage last session. Will it happen this year?
The legislation is exposing fissures within the ascendant Democratic Party.
New York City
Fixing upstate’s transportation infrastructure
State lawmakers want more funding for roads and bridges in the next capital plan.
Infrastructure
9 big New York infrastructure projects
And how they're coming along.
New York City
By the numbers: New York City’s plan for safer streets
The City Council passed requirements for 150 miles of miles of protected bus lines, 250 miles of protected bike lanes and more.
New York City
NYC ‘Parks Without Borders’ program draws controversy
New York City’s Parks Without Borders program has received glowing endorsements from elected officials, park conservancy groups, and positive press coverage, but some neighbors of the parks think the changes are harmful to the parks and longtime community members.
New York State
A light at the end for the Gateway tunnel
Trump is determined not to fund the project. Can NY and NJ make it happen anyway?
New York City
How the Port Authority is rebuilding New York
Executive Director Rick Cotton on the future of the WTC, and whether LaGuardia will annex Rikers.
New York State
6 highways facing the wrecking ball
Fix ’em up or take ’em down?
New York State
Want to fix the traffic problem? Tear down a freeway.
New York’s highways have decimated whole cities.
New York City
Federal transportation bill unlikely to offer New York much
The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works passed a new federal transportation authorization of $287 billion to build and maintain roads, bridges, and rails – and it contains a first-ever climate change provision, but it still falls short on New York’s climate and mass transit priorities.
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New York City
Jonathan Lippman says it’s too late to change course on closing Rikers
In recent weeks, Gov. Andrew Cuomo blasted Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to close Rikers Island and local residents criticized the proposed borough-based jails to replace it. But Jonathan Lippman, the former state chief judge, says it’s too late to reverse course.
New York State
The 2019 session countdown
In this year’s session countdown, we identify the biggest bills that are still up for debate – and assess how likely they are to pass in the final weeks of the session.
New York City
How New York could respond to the taxi medallion lending crisis
Since Sunday, when the New York Times investigation into predatory lending practices for taxi medallions was published, calls for action sprang forth from elected officials, but the proposals wouldn’t necessarily help cabbies who already lost everything.
New York State
Who will prevail in New York’s prevailing wage fight?
The prevailing wage bill currently on the table still lacks the support it needs to pass the Senate, according to lawmakers.
MTA
What the L?
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s effort to avert L train shutdown is drawing skepticism from pols and the public alike.
Andrew Cuomo
The troubled history of the Tappan Zee’s replacement
The new Mario M. Cuomo Bridge’s faulty bolts are just the latest problem in the troubled history of the Tappan Zee’s replacement.
Health Care